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skank up

skank up verb: to make (something) skanky (foul, unhygienic or unpleasant).

Verb

skank up (third-person singular simple present skanks up, present participle skanking up, simple past and past participle skanked up)

  1. (transitive) To make (something) skanky (foul, unhygienic or unpleasant).
  2. (intransitive, transitive) To behave skanky or to make (a place) seem skanky (like a lewd and disreputable person, often female, especially an unattractive person with an air of tawdry promiscuity).

Forms of skank up

third-person singular presentskanks up
present participleskanking up
past participleskanked up
pastskanked up

Questions about skank up

What does skank up mean?
Skank up means to make (something) skanky (foul, unhygienic or unpleasant).
What part of speech is skank up?
Skank up is a verb.
What is the past tense of skank up?
The past tense of skank up is skanked up.

Words near skank up in the dictionary

  1. skandhas
  2. Skaneateles
  3. skanger
  4. skangers
  5. skank
  6. skank up
  7. skanked
  8. skanked up
  9. skanker
  10. skankers
  11. skankier

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